Love of God and compassion and empathy leads you to a very glorious place. Science leads you to killing people.
BEN STEINIt’s a lot better to hope than not to.
More Ben Stein Quotes
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I feel as if I’m in on a pass and am damn lucky to have whatever I have. It could all be taken away in a second.
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Life lived to help others is the only life that matters.
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Now we’re asking ourselves why our children have no conscience, why they don’t know right from wrong, and why it doesn’t bother them to kill strangers, their classmates, and themselves.
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I don’t really consider myself to be a personal finance expert compared with some others. There are quite a few that know a lot more than I do.
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Prime-time network television has become an island without religion in an ever-more-religious America.
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I thought that all of the sacrifices and blessings of the whole history of mankind have devolved upon me. Thank you, God.
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It’s a lot better to hope than not to.
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It’s amazing what ordinary people can do if they set out without preconceived notions.
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That was horrifying beyond words, and that’s where science – in my opinion, this is just an opinion – that’s where science leads you.
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Darwinism is still very much alive, utterly dominating biology. Despite the fact that no one has ever been able to prove the creation of a single distinct species by Darwinist means, Darwinism dominates the academy and the media.
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The American system is the most successful in the world because it harmonizes best with the aims and longings of human personality while allowing the best protection to other personalities.
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Evolutionism as taught by Darwinism has nothing to say about how life originated. Has nothing to say about how the governing principles in the universe, gravity, thermodynamics, motion, how those originated. It’s got some gigantic missing pieces.
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The human spirit needs to accomplish, to achieve, to triumph to be happy.
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When I seemed to be irritable or sad, my father would quote the learned Dr. Knight, and then say, ‘Just go to sleep.’ Like all smart aleck kids, I thought the advice was silly. But as I’ve grown older, I’ve realized just how smart Knight was.
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People getting rich in a free society in general – with some scammy exceptions, which are rare – makes everyone else richer, too.
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